SYRACUSE -- Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, the Syracuse Police Department arrested a Canastota man and charged him with third-degree robbery.

Police say that at 8:52 a.m., Leonard Stephens, 34, of Canastota, entered the M&T Bank branch located at 101 S. Salina St. in Syracuse and handed the teller a threatening note demanding money.

The teller handed over an undisclosed amount, and Stephens fled the bank onto South Salina Street.

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Police were able to quickly obtain photos from bank surveillance cameras and send them to Syracuse-area media.

Almost immediately, police began receiving phone calls identifying Stephens as the man in the video stills, said Sgt. Tom Connellan, of the Syracuse Police Department.

At 11:45 a.m., Madison County 911 issued a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) for a red 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva believed to be driven by Stephens after the robbery, which was registered to an address in the town of Lenox.

Through tips to the Syracuse Police Department during the late morning hours, it was learned that Stephens was at the Western Ranch Motel on State Fair Boulevard in Lakeland.

Police arrived at the motel and arrested him without incident.

Stephens is scheduled to be arraigned in Syracuse City Court Thursday at 9 a.m.